Israel shut its borders to West Bank laborers after Oct. 7. But desperation means thousands are finding a way in — and Israeli police keep shooting them.
Palestinians use a rope to climb over the separation barrier from the town of Al-Ram into East Jerusalem, January 12, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
The morning of May 12 started like many others had for Zakaria Qatousa, a 44-year-old father of four from Deir Qadis in the occupied West Bank. Every few months, Qatousa got up early, (…)

L'Institut a appris avec tristesse le décès de Jean Ziegler, survenu le 10 juin 2026 à Genève, à l'âge de 92 ans. Sociologue, professeur et figure majeure de la vie intellectuelle et politique suisse, il a durablement marqué les débats sur les inégalités mondiales, la faim et les rapports Nord-Sud.
Né le 19 avril 1934 à Thoune, en Suisse, Jean Ziegler – né Hans Ziegler – suit des études de droit et de sociologie à Berne, Genève puis Paris, où il est profondément influencé par les milieux (…)

As the isolation period comes to an end for those caught up in the outbreak on a cruise ship, let's celebrate a good news story
Passengers evacuated from the MV Hondius land in Tenerife, 10 May 2026. Photograph : Chris McGrath/Getty Images
passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship where the hantavirus outbreak first occurred finished their isolation periods this past Sunday. This is a public health success story worth celebrating, because so many worse results were possible. We heard (…)

In June 2026, Kyiv municipal services removed the monument to novelist Mikhail Bulgakov from Andriivsky Uzviz, the steep cobbled street in the old city where he grew up. This follows a 2024 designation of the author of The Master and Margarita as symbol of Russian imperial policy. Bulgakov's contempt for Ukrainian language and statehood runs through his published work from the 1923 essay Kiev-Town to the novel White Guard. But the policy that removed his statue also retained, on the school (…)

Dear Friends and Comrades,
We write to you with deep concern and urgency to seek your solidarity and financial support in a grave matter of injustice involving poor peasants in the occupied island (Char) area of Bhola district
For many years, landless peasants and fisherfolk in the char areas of Bhola have been struggling to defend their land, homes, and livelihoods against powerful land grabbers backed by money, muscle, and political influence. These newly emerged char lands have long (…)